LANCASTER – After a promising first year, the restarted Atlantic Union College can at least make one claim to potential accrediting agencies, its president proudly points out. “We're operating – we meet that first criteria,” said Avis Hendrickson, seated in her office inside the Haskell Hall administrative building on campus Thursday morning.

Eugene Charles “Pete” Christoph, 84, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, at his house in South Lancaster, with family at his side. He was born Aug. 17, 1931, in Erie, Pa., to Roy and Louise Christoph, in the midst of the Great Depression.

LANCASTER – It's been almost 50 years since the cornerstone was laid for the South Lancaster Academy building. Today, the building is showing its age and school officials would like a more modern educational facility.